At first I wondered why I was reading a chapter for English teachers, but I soon found several helpful ideas presented that have already been discussed in other classes. For example, changing seating arrangements every three or four weeks to ensure they work with other people and get alternative perspectives. Last year I came up with a few seating charts at the beginning of the year and as needed for classroom management, but usually allowed students to sit wherever they felt most comfortable. I'm starting to see that I can let them chose new seats, based on certain specifications, which will save lots of time for me and ensure that the normal drama doesn't follow a new seating chart.
I also liked the reference to students (future workers) needing to be like "human Swiss Army Knives," and the ways that teachers can help them accomplish this. I thought it was neat how one of the options to help students become more flexible was to have them do the same assignment in different ways--which sounds a lot like differentiated instruction, which is a current focus in JCPS. I just worry how many ways/times I can have students do or format something and still stay with the pacing guides.
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